Self-help resources

Get access to the right help and support when you need it 24/7.

At Student Wellbeing we can help you with important areas of your life such as managing your money, looking after your health and minding your wellbeing.

Here's how we can help

• Watch back some of our 'Wellbeing Wednesday' webinars
• Access our video content about a wide range of subjects on our student information pages.
• View a wide range of helplines available to you for advice and guidance

Wellbeing Wednesday webinars

•  Sexual Consent

  Sexual Consent
• Mental Health Matters: In conversation with MYM

  Mental Health Matters: In conversation with MYM
• Worried About Someone

  Worried About Someone
• Managing Relationships

  Managing Relationships

Resources for Students With Dyslexia

• Study/Assignment Support

  Reading

  • Spritz-Improving Reading Speed

  Organisation and Planning

  • Microsoft To Do
  • Evernote (Project/Personal Management)

  Writing Feedback

  • Studiosity

  Note Taking

  • Microsoft Office Lense (scan documents into electronic resources)
  • Microsoft Word (to dictate and accessibility functions)

  Study Skills

  • Study Skills for Students with Dyslexia (use in Internet Explorer)
  • Study Skills eBooks

Mental Health & Wellbeing

• Resources

  Student Minds

  • Taking Action to Support Your Wellbeing
  • Student Minds Blog (a wide range of topics available)

  NHS Resources

  • Apps to help manage your health and wellbeing
  • Mental Wellbeing - advice on dealing with low mood, anxiety, phobias and stress

  Mental Health Foundation

  • Top 10 tips to look after your mental health
  • Looking after your mental health through exercise
  • How to overcome fear and anxiety
  • Mindfulness
  • Podcasts and videos

  Covid Wellbeing NI

  • Wellbeing at home for students
  • Five Steps to Wellbeing
  • Staying on top of sleep
  • Managing anxiety during the pandemic
  • Alcohol, drugs and change (video)
  • Emotional eating
  • Isolation and loneliness

Study & Assignment Skills

• Student Resources

  Study Resources

  • Tips for note taking
  • Overcoming procrastination
  • Five step plan for organising your workload

  Assignment Writing

  • Writing for Assignments
  • Writing Clearly and Concisely
  • Tips for Writing a Critical Essay
  • Dissertation writing

  Group Work

  • Setting ground rules for group work
  • Group project management
  • Effective communication

Postgraduate Students & Researchers

• Resources

  The Wellbeing Thesis

  • Foundations for success
  • Taking control to make PG study work for you
  • Using the resources available to you
  • Managing adversity